On a chilly, damp Sunday afternoon over the winter I spent a lazy bit of time on the couch surfing through new Netflix series. Not in the mood for something challenging (or in French as I sometimes do to justify being a couch potato) I stopped at “Tidying up with Marie Kondo.” I sat... Continue Reading →

It has been so long since I blogged about living here, it is a little difficult to know when to jump in and begin again. But I thought the height of a perfect day in July would be a good start. It is summer here finally and resoundingly, and everything we love about being here... Continue Reading →

Albert Camus’s The Stranger was required reading in Canadian high schools when I was 17. I can’t remember how it was taught but I am guessing we would have focused on the main theme of absurdist philosophy. As part of my ongoing project to learn more about French culture I recently searched for literary criticism... Continue Reading →